MIAC Athlete of the Week

WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's hockey team kicked off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play in impressive fashion—taking five of a possible six points from defending regular-season champion St. Thomas.
 
Thanks in large part to the play of goalie Aaron Davis (Mound, Minn.).
 
And Davis' showings in the two games against the Tommies—a 4-1 victory last Friday and a 1-1 tie and 1-0 shootout win on Saturday—did not go unnoticed, as the Cardinal senior was named the MIAC Men's Hockey Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
 
Davis, who has started all four games in goal for the Cardinals—allowing just one goal in each of those four starts—kicked out 25 of the Tommies' 26 shots in last Friday's 4-1 win at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
 
A day later, Davis put together a mirror-image, repeat performance, again stopping 25 of UST's 26 shots—not to mention all three Tommie attempts in the three-man shootout—in helping the Cardinals to the 1-1 tie/shootout win at the St. Thomas Ice Arena.
 
Davis, who has stopped 101 of the 105 shots he's faced, owns a microscopic 0.99 goals-against-average and a .962 save percentage head into this weekend's nonconference games against UW-Stevens Point and UW-Eau Claire.
 
The Cardinals (1-0-1 MIAC, 2-1-1 overall) entertain UW-Stevens Point in a 7 p.m. game at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena on Friday, before hosting UW-Eau Claire in another 7 p.m. contest the following day.